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WORSHIP:
1:5 - Thee do we worship and Thine aid we seek. 21
21 On realizing in our souls God's love and care, His grace and mercy, and His power and justice (as Ruler of the Day of
Judgment), the immediate result is that we bend in the act of worship, and see both our shortcomings and His allsufficient
power. The emphatic form means that not only do we reach the position of worshipping God and asking for
His help, but we worship Him alone and ask for His aid only. For there is none other than He worthy of our devotion
and able to help us. The plural "we" indicates that we associate ourselves with all who seek God, thus strengthening
ourselves and strengthening them in a fellowship of faith. (1.5)
2:43 - And be steadfast in prayer; practice regular charity; and bow down your heads with those
who bow down (in worship). 60
60 The argument is still primarily addressed to the Jews, but is of universal application, as in all the teachings of the
Quran. The chief feature of Jewish worship was and is the bowing of the head. (2.43)
2:83 - And remember We took a covenant from the children of Israel (to this effect): worshipnone
but Allah; treat with kindness your parents and kindred and orphans and those in need; speak
fair to the people; be steadfast in prayer; and practice regular charity. Then did ye turn back
except a few among you and ye backslide (even now). 87
87 So far from the Covenant being of the kind you suggest in ii. 80, the real Covenant is about the moral law, which is set
out in ii. 83. This moral law is universal and if you break it, no privileges will lighten your punishment or help you in
any way (ii. 86). "Speak fair to the people" not only means outward courtesy from the leaders to the meanest among
the people, but the protection of the people from being exploited, deceived, defrauded, or doped with things to lull their
intelligence. (2.83)
5:116 - And behold! Allah will say "O Jesus the son of Mary! didst thou say unto men `worship
me and my mother as gods in derogation of Allah"? He will say: "Glory to Thee! never
could I say what I had no right (to say). Had I said such a thing Thou wouldst indeed have
known it. Thou knowest what is in my heart though I know not what is in Thine. For Thou
knowest in full all that is hidden. 829
829 Jesus disclaims here any knowledge of the sort of things that are attributed to him by those who take his name. The
worship of Mary, though repudiated by the Protestants, was widely spread in the earlier churches, both in the East
and the West. (5.116)
11:2 - (It teacheth) that ye should worship none but Allah. (Say:) "Verily I am (sent) unto you from
Him to warn and to bring glad tidings: 1494
1494 Al-Mustafa's Message-as was the Message of all apostles-was to warn against evil, and to bring the glad tidings of
Allah's Mercy and Grace to all who would receive it in Faith and trust in Allah. This double Message is preached
illustratively in this Sura. (11.2)
11:109 - Be not then in doubt as to what these men worship. They worship nothing but what their
fathers worshipped before (them): but verily We shall pay them back (in full) their portion
without (the least) abatement. 16111612
1611 Their worship is not based on any spiritual attitude of mind. They merely follow the ways of their fathers. (11.109)
1612 Allah will take fully into account all their motives in such mummery as they call worship, and they will have their full
spiritual consequences in the future. (11.109)
11:123 - To Allah do belong the unseen (secrets) of the heavens and the earth and to Him goeth
back every affair (for decision): then worship Him and put thy trust in Him: and thy Lord is not
unmindful of aught that ye do. 1626
1626 Cf. ii. 210. There is nothing, secret or open, in our world or in Creation, which does not depend ultimately on Allah's
Will and Plan. Every affair goes back to Him for decision. Therefore we must worship Him and trust Him. Worship
implies many things: e.g., (1) trying to understand His nature and His Will: (2) realising His goodness and glory, and
His working in us; as a means to this end, (3) keeping Him in constant remembrance and celebrating His praise, to
whom all praise is due; and (4) completely identifying our will with His, which means obedience to His Law, and
service, to Him and His creatures in all sincerity. (11.123)
12:106 - And most of them believe not in Allah without associating (others as partners) with Him!
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1789 Even if people profess a nominal faith in Allah, they corrupt it by believing in other things as if they were Allah's
partners, or had some share in the shaping of the world's destinies! In some circles, it is idolatry, the worship of stocks
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